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Easily digestible tech news....Re: Re: Dealbreaker for mehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c667
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:14:51 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c667Disappointing is the word.https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/06323830192/disappointing-google-not-yet-requiring-phone-makers-to-encrypt-default.shtml#c4
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:13:36 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/06323830192/disappointing-google-not-yet-requiring-phone-makers-to-encrypt-default.shtml#c4Google quietly backpedaled their encryption requirement. Not permanently (at least according to them), but just an extension to give the manufacturers more time to meet the requirement.

So... disappointing is the word. Especially how Google loudly boasted about always on encryption, but was nearly silent about pushing back the requirement.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c357
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:13:20 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c357Aka any keys, backdoor etc shared with the US needs to be sent to China to or face hefty fines.]]>Implies deep packet inspectionhttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c1100
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:12:59 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c1100Medical data? How do you tell the difference between urgent medical data and someone's casual browsing? Deep packet inspection. HIPAA? Yeah, we don't care about that.

Self-driving cars? How to tell the difference between the car's navigation system and the occupant's casual browsing? Deep packet inspection. Better not be sending emails that the NSA would like to read.

All of the scenarios where net neutrality are a problem rely on a faulty assumption that the ISP really knows what's in the packets.

All of these scenarios where net neutrality are a problem rely on a faulty assumption that ISPs would prioritize for reasons other than anti-competitive reasons.]]>Re: Re: Double aka other standardhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c335
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:08:44 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c335Simple solutionhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/06323830192/disappointing-google-not-yet-requiring-phone-makers-to-encrypt-default.shtml#c1
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:55:51 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/06323830192/disappointing-google-not-yet-requiring-phone-makers-to-encrypt-default.shtml#c1Re: Re: Big red flaghttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150301/07242630172/australian-secretary-defense-not-concerned-about-phone-hack-doesnt-think-people-want-to-spy-his-phone.shtml#c476
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:48:25 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150301/07242630172/australian-secretary-defense-not-concerned-about-phone-hack-doesnt-think-people-want-to-spy-his-phone.shtml#c476Looking at the back of his laptop, seems to be a Lenovo.]]>Pot and kettlehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c315
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:47:36 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c315Re: This reminds me of the problem with tasershttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150221/13433030098/judge-john-facciola-todays-law-enforcement-id-go-weeks-without-seeing-warrant-anything-tactile.shtml#c98
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:44:46 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150221/13433030098/judge-john-facciola-todays-law-enforcement-id-go-weeks-without-seeing-warrant-anything-tactile.shtml#c98Re: Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c423
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:37:41 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c423I was only half-joking about the flash-mob thing. I was thinking that orgs like PINAC could use these alerts as a means of getting people to look for and photograph IMSI catchers in the wild (even if they're just unmarked panel vans).

Less fun, but more useful, would be trying to gather data about how widely (and frequently) deployed stingrays are. Even with lots of noise, at least there'd be a starting point.]]>Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1536
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:35:26 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1536The dot com bubble burst shortly after and most dial up ISPs went out of business while the cable service providers enjoyed their unregulated monopoly within their respective geographical regions. What used to be dozens of cable companies have since undergone merger after merger with larger and larger rivals until you have little more than five left today (Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, Charter, Frontier/Verizon FIOS), soon to be only three (Comcast/Time Warner/Charter, Cox, Frontier FIOS).

Since competing ISPs cannot use the existing infrastructure enjoyed by the cable companies, they have to build their own at great expense in the hope of making enough to recoup their investment, while the large cable companies enjoy massive profits that only get larger the less they invest in expanding coverage or capacity and higher the rates levied on their captive customer base.

So we can see plainly that deregulation of the ISP market has not worked and reinforces the existing monopoly. When it was at least somewhat regulated back in the 1990s there was competition and a lot of it. Now there has been practically no regulation and we have fewer competitors in the nation than we have fingers on one hand, and even less than that available within the same local area (0-3 ISPs depending on where you live, most have only 1).]]>Re: Double aka other standardhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c295
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:33:50 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c295Shame they don't spend anything close to this on education.

If they did that, people would realize how dangerous the US government is.]]>Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Title II does not create net neutrality.https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1533
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:33:15 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1533Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150226/08170330151/officer-awareness-memo-police-accountability-recording-app-could-lead-to-dangerous-flash-mobs.shtml#c478
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:30:06 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150226/08170330151/officer-awareness-memo-police-accountability-recording-app-could-lead-to-dangerous-flash-mobs.shtml#c478Obviously the patriotic thing to do is follow the model of the average citizen in Nazi Germany.

It's disturbing that the way you mixed together Nazi Germany, 1984, and the DHS works so well.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c291
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:30:01 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c291Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c284
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:27:52 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c284http://youtu.be/1Y1ya-yF35g]]>Re: Re: Umbrella...https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150226/07370130150/capcom-removes-advertised-offline-co-op-resident-evil-reboot-updates-steam-page-after-sales-begin.shtml#c357
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:26:38 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150226/07370130150/capcom-removes-advertised-offline-co-op-resident-evil-reboot-updates-steam-page-after-sales-begin.shtml#c357(Seriously, it's an RE post. "Umbrella" sticks out like a giant, flashing Neon Sign.)]]>Re:https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c1098
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:23:10 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c1098Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c419
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:23:07 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c419Sending an alert to others is an interesting idea, but if I were to consolidate all of this into a single app, I'd just recommend that everyone run that app to detect rogue stations themselves. There'd be no need to send out any kind of alert.]]>Double aka other standardhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c283
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 15:21:10 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/07065030193/president-obama-complains-to-china-about-demanding-backdoors-to-encryption-as-his-adminisration-demands-same-thing.shtml#c283Now when someone else wants backdoors for the exact same reason as the USA it is bad because it is not the USA. But I guess that is one of those things you can do when you spend more on military than the next 10 countries combined. Shame they don't spend anything close to this on education.]]>